The Two Asses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACDCDEFEGHHIIJJK KHHLLMMMMMNOON| Two asses tracking t'other day | A |
| Of which each in his turn | B |
| Did incense to the other burn | B |
| Quite in the usual way | A |
| I heard one to his comrade say | A |
| My lord do you not find | C |
| The prince of knaves and fools | D |
| To be this man who boasts of mind | C |
| Instructed in his schools | D |
| With wit unseemly and profane | E |
| He mocks our venerable race | F |
| On each of his who lacketh brain | E |
| Bestows our ancient surname ass | G |
| And with abusive tongue portraying | H |
| Describes our laugh and talk as braying | H |
| These bipeds of their folly tell us | I |
| While thus pretending to excel us | I |
| No 'tis for you to speak my friend | J |
| And let their orators attend | J |
| The braying is their own but let them be | K |
| We understand each other and agree | K |
| And that's enough As for your song | H |
| Such wonders to its notes belong | H |
| The nightingale is put to shame | L |
| The Sirens lose one half their fame | L |
| My lord the other ass replied | M |
| Such talents in yourself reside | M |
| Of asses all the joy and pride | M |
| These donkeys not quite satisfied | M |
| With scratching thus each other's hide | M |
| Must needs the cities visit | N |
| Their fortunes there to raise | O |
| By sounding forth the praise | O |
| Each of the other's skill exquisite | N |
Jean De La Fontaine
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